Determining the short journey for a woman by duration or by distance
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Can a short journey be defined by a duration, for example one hour, such as travel by plane? And if it is short, is it permissible for a woman to travel without a mahram?
The Shaykh:
No, the criterion is not time; the criterion is distance. If the distance is eighty kilometers or more, this is a journey, and a woman does not go except with a mahram. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
Kilometers, even if she covers it in one hour. The jurists say: even if she covers it in one hour. The criterion is distance, not time. Otherwise, if it were by time, there would be no journey left in this era, because planes are fast and have shortened distances and time.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
Even if she is on a plane and the time is short, if she gets sick, who will take care of her? If the plane is diverted from its route due to one of the obstacles to another airport, who will receive her? She must have a place to stay. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Can a short journey be defined by a duration, for example one hour, such as travel by plane? And if it is short, is it permissible for a woman to travel without a mahram?
The Shaykh:
No, the criterion is not time; the criterion is distance. If the distance is eighty kilometers or more, this is a journey, and a woman does not go except with a mahram. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
Kilometers, even if she covers it in one hour. The jurists say: even if she covers it in one hour. The criterion is distance, not time. Otherwise, if it were by time, there would be no journey left in this era, because planes are fast and have shortened distances and time.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
Even if she is on a plane and the time is short, if she gets sick, who will take care of her? If the plane is diverted from its route due to one of the obstacles to another airport, who will receive her? She must have a place to stay. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب ما جاء في إقطاع المعادن — islamhouse.com (46:36)
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